Sovereign is to have supreme command over life and death, war and peace, what is to be taught and heard.

君主对人的生死，和平或是战争,均拥有至高无上的权力，其他人等只有服从命令。

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Each of these phenomena he says is transformed by the basic Israelite idea of one supreme transcendent God whose will is absolute and all of these things relate to the direct word and will of God.

所有的这些现象都随着以色列一神论概念的建立而改变,只有一位至高无上的上帝，他的意愿是不能被人改变的,世间万物都随上帝的意愿而生。

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